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Judge: U.S. Violating Agreement in Detention of Immigrant Children

The ruling’s implications for detainees aren’t yet clear

Associated Press

July 25, 2015 10:19 a.m. ET

LOS ANGELES—A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Department of Justice’s current system of detaining children with their mothers after they’ve crossed the U.S.-Mexico border violates an 18-year-old court settlement.

The decision Friday by U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in California is a victory for the immigrant-rights lawyers who brought the case, but its immediate implications for detainees weren't yet clear. The ruling upholds...